Portable water-heater.



I. N..HOLLINGSWORTH.

PORTABLE WATER HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Witnesses Attorneys COLUMBIA PLANOGRAP UNITED STATEES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC I l. HOLLINGSVTORTH, 0F LAUDERDALE, MISSISSIPPI.

FORTABLE WATER-HEATER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Isaac N. HonLiNoswoman a citizen of the United States, re siding at Lauder-dale, in the county of Lauderdale and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Portable Water- Heater, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a portable water heater and more particularly to a portable water heater which is to be used in connection with portable bath appliances and is adapted to rapidly heat a considerable quantity of water to any desired temperature.

A further object of the invention is to provide a water heater which may be quickly and easily positioned upon the wall at a suitable height so as to render a large head available so that the heated water may be used in connection with a fountain brush which latter acts in the capacity of a shower bath. w

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings, accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, the proferable form of my invention has been shown in which Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of my improved portable water heater. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the joint between the water reservoir or tank and the fire box casing.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 5 is a tank provided with the bottom 6 and is open at its top as illustrated in Fig. 2. The said tank is semi-cylindrical as illustrated in Fig. 3 which is a sectional view taken through the lire box which, however, is of the same cross sectional contour as the tank 5.

The upper extremity of the tank is provided with a lid 7 hingedly secured along the straight flat back of the tank which may be raised for the supplying of wa- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 7, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Serial No. 799,789.

ter to the interior of the tank. Rigidly secured to the upper central portion of the back of the tank is the spacing arm 8 which is provided with a ring 9 securedto the same near the outer extremity thereof, and which comprises means whereby the tank may be suspended upon a hook or similar project-ion located upon the wall. The fact that the spacing arm 8 is located adjacent the top of the tank allows a set screw 10 or other equivalent means to be driven through the rear wall of the tank in order to hold the said spacing arm rigidly in place, and with out rendering the tank liable to leakage as the said set screw is above the normal water level to which the tank will be filled.

A resilient strip of material 11 is provided at its ends with the outstanding flanges 12 and which are bent around the lower extremity of the tank 5 it being noted however, as illustrated in Fig. 4-, that there is a strip of asbestos or similar material 13 interposed between the tank walls and the walls of the resilient strip which when so bent constitutes the lire box, so as to rigidly hold the said fire box to the tank and provide for the necessary friction for the holding of the fire box in such position. The resilient strip 11, when bent as illustrated in Fig. 3 constitutes what is termed the fire box 14 and which is provided with the front portion cut away adjacent its lower extremity as at 15 for the insertion of a heating lamp therein. The said fire box is provided with a bottom 16 which supports a heating lamp which is of the portable type and which is inserted. within the said fire box with the flame there of in. contact with the bottom of the tank 5 whereby the water within the said tank will be heated.

In order to provide for the required amount of air for the proper combustion of the heating lamp the apertures 17 are formed in the bottom 16 and coacting with which are the apertures 18 which are arranged around the side walls of the lire box as illus trated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The bottom 16 of the fire box is provided with a number of projecting lips 18 which are insertible within suitable apertures 19 which correspond and are in registration with the lips 18 which latter are bent upon themselves as illustrated in Fig. 1 after pas ing through the said apertures. Thus it Will be apparent that the bottom 16 will be rigidly held to the sides of the fire box and due to the manner in which the same are secured there will be no liability of the same becoming detached therefrom should the temperature of the fire box rise to an excessive height. By the foreinentioned securing means it will be apparent that no solder or similar material is required, and furthermore the bottom is adapted to rigidly hold the side walls of the fire box in the desired shape. The rear flanges 12 of the fire box are provided with a number of bolts 20 extending therethrough and by reason of which the said strip or metal 11 may be tightly drawn around the lower extremity of the tank 5 and forcibly held thereto.

Rigidly secured to the rear flat wall of the flre box are the spacing arms 21 preterably two in number and which are spaced apart as illustrated in Fig. 1 whereby the entire water heater including the tank and tire box will be spaced a distance from the wall, to allow the tree circulation between the said wall and portable heater for preventing the wall from becoming too highly heated by the proximity of the water heater with respect thereto. In order to provide for the action of the water after it has been suitably heated within the tank 5 a delivery nozzle 2 is provided and extends through an aperture 28 formed in the tire box and a second aperture 2a in the side wall or" the tank 5. Thus the delivery nozzle 22 communicates with the interior of the tank and is adapted to supply the heated water there- :trom. Attention is called to the fact that the nozzle is corrugated as is usual with his type of connection whereby a rubber hose may be conveniently secured thereto or as readily detached therefrom.

The many advantages of a portable heater as herein described will be readily apparent and among which the ease and readiness with which the portable heater may be in stalled upon the wall is emphasized. The ring 9 being secured to the outer extremity of one of the upper spacing arms 8 of which there are three, provides that the pull upon the supporting means over which the ring is placed will be in a downward direction, so that the heater will be properly supported. The provision of the three spacing arms 21 provides that any unevenness in the wall may be taken care of, or that one of the spacin g arms may come into contact with a projection upon the wall without in way hindering the supporting or" the portable water heater or preventing the same from remaining in a stable position.

I he manner in which the fire box is frictionally secured to the lower portion or the tank provides a simple and cheap construc tion and one which will readily withstand hard usage.

The tank is of suflicient capacity to hold a volume of water ample for the taking of a bath and it will be apparent that the required temperature may be easily and quickly obtained after which the lamp which has been lighted and disposed in the fire box will be extinguished and the bath may he proceeded with. It will also be understood that the lamp may be left burning in a low -iianner, so that the water will be maintained at the required temperature despite the fact that the room temperature may be considerably below that at which the water is to be maintained.

Having thus described my invention what is claimed is A device of the class described, comprising a tank, a strip of yielding material wrapped around the lower extremity thereof, strip of metal wrapped around said yielding material, said metallic strip prov ad with abutting flange means extendthrough said flanges adapted to draw said metallic strlp into rlgld contact with the said tank, and a bottom plate provided with outstanding flanges interlocking with apertures provided in the lower portions of said metallic strip, said metallic strip provided with an opening extending through the front portion thereof for the passage of a heating lamp therethrough.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC N. HOLLINGSlVORTH.

Witnesses F. STERLING,

C. P. HATOHER.

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